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The "Tondero" is a typical dance from the northern coast of Peru and it is characterized for being supremely expressive! It is defined as an imitation of the amorous rituals of birds when mating, and tries to convey the courtship that the rooster makes by circling around the hen with mating as his goal and towards the end of his efforts...
Dress: The male carries a saddleback and dances with rolled-up slacks and barefooted. The female also dances barefooted, obviously without shoes and carrying a ceramic pitcher filled with "chicha," a drink typical of the Department (Province or State) of Piura.
The execution of the Tondero basically consists in an act of courtship, of seduction, in which the male invites the woman with a handkerchief and with signs handled from his straw hat, while the woman insinuates her acceptation with her handkerchief on high in the air and the skirt slightly pulled up, digging into the soil with her toe, indicating she is waiting for the start of the dance or something else...
In the space where the dance takes place, the couple gyrate a bit, each on their own place, always looking at each other, for then to enter into the "careo," where the woman has the initiative to do "it" but at the very last moment she averts the intention in a sign of modesty...
Then the man shows his virility scratching the soil with his feet, along with the rhythm of the music and she responds with insinuating gestures and poses.
The man kneels at the end of the first part of the dance which pauses the guitar playing for a brief moment and... to start anew, enthusiastically, strongly, determined, again with the salutations and changes in the dance features, to then conclude with the final flirting and sexual insinuations...
An additional note: This dance comes from the 18th and 19th century "rancherias" of the sugar and cotton plantations and Haciendas along Coastal Peru, which used to be the living quarters of the field workers and their families. The "rancherias" were also huge, three-sided, one-story buildings with a plaza in the middle of the open square U design. Very much designed as the main house of the owner of the plantation and his/her family and extended relatives. In the Plazas of the rancherias the field workers would gather together as a community and celebrate some historical or religious day and enjoy their birthdays or weddings or whatever would "push" their group to have cherished moments of levity, fun, extremely good food, and dancing...!!!